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Lillian Dose had a team-high 21 points for Hampton in a 69-31 win over Harvard in the first round of Hampton’s home holiday tournament Monday.

Lillian Dose had a team-high 21 points for Hampton in a 69-31 win over Harvard in the first round of Hampton’s home holiday tournament Monday.

Hawks soar past Cards

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Coming off a five-day holiday break, Hampton’s girls basketball team got back in the gym Monday to prepare for its first home holiday tournament game later that afternoon.  Shots just weren’t falling, making coach Margo LaBrie a bit nervous.  “I just wanted to get the ball in their hands,” she said.
Kylie Mersch sends a pass up the floor past the East Butler press during Hampton’s 58-57 win Friday, its second of the week.

Kylie Mersch sends a pass up the floor past the East Butler press during Hampton’s 58-57 win Friday, its second of the week.

Lady Hawks survive late East Butler rally

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Hampton coach Margo LaBrie was shocked looking at the damage East Butler did offensively in the fourth quarter.  The Tigers scored 28 points and completely erased a 13-point deficit.  Yet, LaBrie’s Lady Hawks found a way to gut out a home victory.
Eric Kothe, left, and Brad Consbruck were among the neighbors helping in a Nov. 15 harvest bee. Also helping were Ron and Gene Consbruck.

Eric Kothe, left, and Brad Consbruck were among the neighbors helping in a Nov. 15 harvest bee. Also helping were Ron and Gene Consbruck.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Neighbors return favor to Giltner farmer Richard LaBrie has been on the giving end of a harvest bee, helping friends and neighbors bring in their crops when they could not.
Rylee Olsen battles for the ball down to the floor in the first half of Aurora’s 51-28 win on opening night Thursday.

Rylee Olsen battles for the ball down to the floor in the first half of Aurora’s 51-28 win on opening night Thursday.

Lady Huskies face stiff competition

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Aurora’s start to the season was as tough as any.  The Lady Huskies welcomed a tall Adams Central team to Aurora for the season opener Thursday night before playing a ranked Wahoo team the following night.
Aurora’s Grace Ziegler watches her putt fall into the cup on the par-3 seventh hole during day two action of the Class B state golf tournament at Scottsbluff Country Club.

Aurora’s Grace Ziegler watches her putt fall into the cup on the par-3 seventh hole during day two action of the Class B state golf tournament at Scottsbluff Country Club.

Aurora competes at state

Richard Rhoden
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Sure, the weather was picture perfect for awhile and lightning-plagued for others.  It wasn’t the best rounds of golf the Lady Husky golf team has turned in during the 2021 season.
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4R approves girls wrestling

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The votes are in. Girls wrestling will officially be hitting the mats at Aurora High School this winter as a school-sponsored activity.
Aurora senior Maddie Krejci watches her drive on the par-4 sixth hole Saturday.

Aurora senior Maddie Krejci watches her drive on the par-4 sixth hole Saturday.

Lady Huskies take 2nd at Poco Creek

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Lady Huskies continue to add confidence and experience to their collective golf bags, earning three individual medals and a runner-up team finish in Saturday’s home invitational.
The Lady Huskies were off and running Friday in the Aurora Invite.

The Lady Huskies were off and running Friday in the Aurora Invite.

Lady Huskies finish 3rd at home event

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Seventy-eight girls started the race at Friday’s Aurora  Invite, though for much of the way senior Elena Kuehner was running virtually all by herself.
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4R board hears girls wrestling proposal

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Aurora wrestling coach and middle school physical education teacher Derek Keasling brought a crowd of supporters and a proposal to incorporate girls wrestling as an NSAA sanctioned sport at Aurora High School to Monday evening’s 4R school board meeting.